Horse racing news and useful information from around the world. Helping to keep our readers in touch with what else is happening in the horse racing industry outside of South Africa.
South African Dubai World Cup day flagbearer Isivunguvungu, who contested the Gr1 Al Quoz Sprint on Saturday, will return to his US home base on Wednesday, down but definitely not out
The 2025 Dubai World Cup day dream sadly failed to materialize for the Hollywood Racing team and SA racing fans
Finals Day hopeful Diligent Harry is the headline act as Southwell stages a twilight fixture worth £254,000 on Sunday.
Saeed bin Suroor was back celebrating on Dubai World Cup Day as his fragile stayer Dubai Future ran out a dominant winner of the $1,000,000 Gr2 Dubai Gold Cup Sponsored by Al Tayer Motors
American Gr1 winner Raging Torrent provided trainer Doug O’Neill a second consecutive running of the Godolphin Mile and third overall
Returning to action in Sunday’s racemeeting at Sha Tin, The Boom Box will once again shoulder top-weight as he aims to recapture his winning thread which was halted in March by half a length
Stefi Magnetica swept the feature race on Day One of The Championships at Randwick for in-form trainer Bjorn Baker on Saturday
First Classs turned back the clock at Meydan today when winning the Gr1 Dubai Kahayla Classic Sponsored By Zabeel Feed for the second time
South Africa’s lone hope for glory in the bumper Dubai World Cup racemeeting, dual Gr1 winner Isivunguvungu is no 14-1 shot
A full field of 34 runners contest the 2025 Randox Grand National at Aintree today
In a week where the world’s best horses, jockeys and trainers are on show, few have attracted more attention than James McDonald – whose partnership with Hong Kong champion Romantic Warrior has brought him to the Dubai World Cup meeting for the first time
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
